I like listening to foreign language music when I don't want to be distracted by vocals.
this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2023
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I've been enjoying Los Bitchos
I like to listen to the genres Synthwave and Dark Ambiance. Spotify is pretty good to find new music in that regard. Since you asked for artist recommendations and not genres:
Judge Bitch β their Album Horse Blood is pretty good.
Perturbator β sounds like you're driving on some rainy highway at night to your cyberpunk destination
There's also Instrumental Nu Metal, for example:
Andromeda β start with their song Synthesis
MASTER BOOT RECORD β it's just riffs and booms, usually no vocals
A. Yarmak β has some nice metal remixes, for example Hydrogen from the game Hotline Miami
Then there's Dubstep and Breakbeat, for example:
The Prodigy β uses samples heavily, but also has a few tracks without spoken words
Lindsey Stirling β Dubstep and violin, interesting combination.
videogame OST [β¦] either really well known or fall into the orchestral and/or βepic music scoreβ Iβm not looking for
Well, there are tons of videogames and many of them don't have an orchestral/epic soundtrack, and even more of them are not very well known. I think you're limiting yourself here.
Thanks for the recommendations, I'll be checking them out for sure. They sound good.
Yes, I am aware that I may be limiting myself there. Feel free to add any OST you think are worthy of mention. Solar Fields is one my favourite artists and also the author of Mirrors Edge OSTs, for example. I just tried to avoid a wall of text explaining in detail what I like and what not, so n1. No lyrics and N.2 to avoid classical styles and well known osts, which I think would be the most likely recommendation types. I think I prefer to be introduced into new music through artist recommendations and not genres.
Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy classical a lot, as well as music with lyrics. The Fat Of The Land is a favourite and I still remember when I first heard it. Blew my mind as a child. Listening to it as an adult is still a guaranteed trip. I like some other things from The Prodigy but that's their high water mark imo.
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I'd recommend Solo by RiveR idk about the rest of their songs though I've only listened to Solo.
Covet, Chon, Scale the Summit, Caspian, Mouse on the keys, God is an astronaut, Weekend Plans, DJ Williams projekt
The French 79 has some lyrics but is primarily electronic melodies
Haven't been listening to him lately, but Estas Tonne.
Check out John Matthias & Jay Aubornβs album Ghost Notes itβs really great.
No-one has mentioned "And so I watch you from afar" or "Redneck manifesto".
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Guillaume David knocks it out of the park with every game they OST.
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Nickel Creek is cool! They have songs with vocals too, but some instrumental stuff as well. Kinda bluegrass feel. My favorite of theirs is Smoothie Song
Big Smoke Brass is really fun if you like kinda upbeat acoustic instrumental music
La Femme has some amazing non-vocal music (altho a good portion has French/Spanish vocals)
If u like Jazz, check out the album The Bright Mississippi